General Biology bits II for all competitive examinations
   G.L.N.Prasad Head Department of Zoology Govt.College (A) Anantapuramu 

- Tuberculosis was first discovered by Robert Koch

- Toxin released by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is tuberculin

- Anthrax is caused by Bacillus Anthracis

- World TB day is March 24th

- As the patient of AIDS loses weight, AIDS is called Slim disease

- Viruses are neither prokaryotic nor eukaryotic

- Mule is not a distinct species

- Viruses are molecular organisms  

                                General Biology for competitive examinations

      G.L.N.Prasad, Head, Department of Zoology, Govt. College (A) Anantapuramu   

- Ligaments and tendons are formed of connective tissue

- Muscle to bone connection is called tendon 

- Scientific name of horse is Equus cabalus

- Scientific name of donkey is Equus acinus

- Flagellin is a protein present in flagella 

- Pencillium is also called green mould 

- Litmus and some dyes like orcein and orchil are made from lichens

- Bryophyta are called amphibians of plant kingdom 

- Platelets are not true cells

- Cardiac muscles are involuntary, striated and uninucleate 

- Flexibility in plants is due to collenchyma 

- Botanical name of banana is Musa paradisiaca 

- Botanical name of sugar cane is Saccharum officinarum 

- Botanical name of banyan is Ficus religiosa 

- Adipose tissue is present in blubber of whale and hump of camel 

- Areolar tissue helps in repair of tissue and fills up the space inside organs 

- Larynx in birds is non functional 

- Sea wasp by name Chironex fleckeri found sea beaches of Australia is the deadliest coelenterate 

- Loss of appetite is called anorexia 

- Vertical transmission of AIDS occurs from mother to fetus by placenta 

- Master slave symbiotic association is found in lichens 

Our faculty members in various activities 

As chief guest at workshop on digital classes on 28th January 2018 

Zoology faculty inviting Minister Suneetha to National Seminar on 27th January 2018

Inaugurating NYK district level sports along with Smt. B.Nagajyothirmayi, EC Member on 25th January 2018

       With Ms. Vatsalya, Student of M.Sc Psychology of Central University TN on 22nd January 2018

Felicitating Irfan, Motivational speaker after his interaction with students on 25th January 2018

                         As a resource person for Disaster management with trainees at JNTU

                       As Chief Guest at NYK on January 12, 2018 Vivekananda Jayanthi

                       As a resource person in JNTU A on 11th January 2018

Myself with IPS probationars as resource person from December 26th 2017 to January 6th 2018