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- Question
______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.
Options- A. Calcitonin
- B. Thyroxine
- C. Calmodulin
- D. all of these
- Correct Answer
- Calcitonin
ExplanationCalcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.
- 1. The Parliament exercises control over council of ministers, the real executive, in several ways. Which one of the following has been wrongly listed as a method of control over executive?
Options- A. Questions
- B. Supplementary questions
- C. Adjournment motions
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 2. What Frank Whittle invented?
Options- A. Radar
- B. Ethyl gasoline
- C. Sonar
- D. Jet propulsion Discuss
- 3. For purifying drinking water alum is used
Options- A. for coagulation of mud particles
- B. to kill bacteria
- C. to remove salts
- D. to remove gases Discuss
- 4. The Vijayanagara ruler, Kirshnadev Raya's work Amuktamalyada, was in
Options- A. Telugu
- B. Sanskrit
- C. Tamil
- D. Kannada Discuss
- 5. Central Road Research Institute is in
Options- A. Delhi
- B. Bangalore
- C. Roorkee
- D. Hyderabad Discuss
- 6. The Olympic museum was opened at which of the following places?
Options- A. Lausanne
- B. Istanbul
- C. Athens
- D. Rome Discuss
- 7. Which county did speedster Javagal Srinath play for in 1995?
Options- A. Kent
- B. Glamorgan
- C. Gloucestershire
- D. Leicestershire Discuss
- 8. Who invented Internal Combustion Engine?
Options- A. Roger Bacon
- B. Karl Benz
- C. Dr. Alan M. Turing
- D. Otto Discuss
- 9. The name of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi islands was changed to Lakshadweep by an Act of Parliament in
Options- A. 1970
- B. 1971
- C. 1972
- D. 1973 Discuss
- 10. The head quarters of the International Red Cross is situated in
Options- A. Vienna
- B. Paris
- C. Hague
- D. Geneva Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: None of the above
Correct Answer: Jet propulsion
Explanation:
Invented in 1937.
Correct Answer: for coagulation of mud particles
Correct Answer: Telugu
Correct Answer: Delhi
Correct Answer: Lausanne
Correct Answer: Gloucestershire
Explanation:
He left in 2003.
Correct Answer: Otto
Correct Answer: 1973
Correct Answer: Geneva
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