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Questions Related to biology

The north-facing side of a hill in a mountainous region in the US tends to:

  1. Receive less sunlight during a year than the south-facing side

  2. Grow a variety of trees that are typically observed at higher elevation

  3. Be a better location for a ski run than the south-facing side

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

Which of the following fiber is used to make wireless receiver?

  1. Cotton fiber

  2. Silk fiber

  3. Wool

  4. Nylon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The silk fiber is used to make a wireless receiver. fiber optic receivers capture the light from a fiber optic cable, decode the binary data it is sending and then convert into an electrical signal.

Which of the following is characterized by the fine soft under hair?

  1. Yak

  2. Goat

  3. Sheep

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: C

Angora wool is obtained from____________.

  1. Worm

  2. Yak

  3. Goat

  4. Sheep


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Angora wool is obtained from Goat. 
The fleece taken from an Angora Goat is called Mohair. A goat produces four to five kg of hair per year.

Which of the following fiber was first developed in the China?

  1. Wool

  2. Silk

  3. Cotton

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

The most fibre are chemically composed of non-starch polysaccharides.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The most fibre are chemically composed of non-starch polysaccharides like cellulose, inulin, lignin, chitins, pectins, oligosaccharides. They are either obtained from plants or animals. They are either soluble or insoluble. 

Which of the following is called as queen of fibers?

  1. Angora wool

  2. Pashmina

  3. Silk

  4. Nylon


Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Silk is called a queen of fibers. Because it is of good quality and it thus makes it expensive too.

Vascular bundles are absent in

  1. Gymnosperms

  2. Angiosperms

  3. Pteridophytes

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: D

Scorpions are

  1. Sanguivorous

  2. Carnivorous

  3. Herbivorous

  4. Omnivorous


Correct Option: B