Biology - Study Mode

[#201] Which of the following disease is caused by female Anopheles mosquito?
Correct Answer

(B) Malaria

Explanation

Solution: Malaria is transmitted to humans by female mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. Female mosquitoes take blood meals for egg production, and these blood meals are the link between the human and the mosquito hosts in the parasite life cycle.

[#202] Which one among the following water-borne diseases is not caused by a bacteria ?
Correct Answer

(D) Hepatitis A

Explanation

Solution: Hepatitis A is not caused by a bacteria.

[#203] Who first studied the process of cell division in animals?
Correct Answer

(A) Walther Fleming

Explanation

Solution: Walther Fleming first studied the process of cell division in animals.

[#204] Which division provides a means of transmitting unchange information to the daughter cells?
Correct Answer

(A) Mitosis

Explanation

Solution: Mitosis allows for cells to produce identical copies of themselves, which means the genetic material is duplicated from parent to daughter cells.

[#205] Which of the following does not occur during mitosis?
Correct Answer

(D) Replication of the DNA

Explanation

Solution: Replication of DNA does not occur in mitosis. Replication of DNA occurs during S phase, an entirely different phase of cell division.