The disease caused by iodine deficiency is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The disease caused by iodine deficiency is:
A. Anemia
B. Beri-beri
C. Rickets
D. Goiter
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)
Iodine deficiency impairs thyroid hormone synthesis, leading to elevated TSH and enlargement of the thyroid gland (goiter). Iodized salt prevents it.

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Question #1
Consider statements about animal husbandry: 1. Dairy farming involves the rearing of milk-producing animals. 2. Poultry farming involves the rearing of birds for meat and eggs. 3. Apiculture involves the rearing of silkworms. Which are correct?
A. 1, 2 and 3
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 1 and 2 only
D. 2 and 3 only

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Dairy farming is the business of breeding, raising, and managing dairy animals (like cows and buffaloes) for the production of milk and milk products. Poultry farming involves the commercial raising of domesticated birds (like chickens, ducks, and turkeys) for the production of meat and eggs. Apiculture is the scientific rearing of honeybees (Apis species) for the production of honey, beeswax, and other hive products; silkworm rearing is sericulture. Thus, statements 1 and 2 are correct.

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Question #2
The process by which a bacterium acquires genes from a bacteriophage is:
A. Mutation
B. Transduction
C. Conjugation
D. Transformation

Correct Answer: Option B


Explanation:
Transduction is the transfer of bacterial DNA from one bacterium to another by a bacteriophage. Generalized transduction occurs when phage accidentally packages host DNA; specialized transduction involves specific genes near the prophage integration site. Conjugation needs direct contact, transformation free DNA.

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Question #3
Which of the following statements about the chloroplast is correct?
A. It has 70S ribosomes in its outer membrane.
B. It is found in all eukaryotic cells.
C. The stroma is the site of the Calvin cycle.
D. Thylakoids are stacked to form cristae.

Correct Answer: Option C


Explanation:
Calvin cycle occurs in the stroma. Chloroplasts are only in plants/algae; thylakoids stack into grana; cristae are in mitochondria; 70S ribosomes are in stroma, not membrane.

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