ICSE ICSE Class 8 - CISCE Question Bank Solutions for Biology

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Over-eating causes a disease called.................. 

Mention the causal organisms of the following diseases: 

Rabies  

Multiple choice questions. Tick (✓) the correct choice: 

First vaccine was produced by   

1. Pasteur
2. A. Fleming
3. Jenner 
4. Robert Hooke

Multiple choice questions. Tick (✓) the correct choice: 

 Cataract is a disease of the   

1. heart
2. eye 
3. kidney
4. pancreas 

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The disease caused by the bite of a mad dog is.................. 

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Diseases of heart and kidney are due to ........................

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Uremia is caused due to the malfunctioning of............... 

Define the following: 

Atherosclerosis 

Write, in brief, about the following 

Allergy 

Write, in brief, about the following: 

First-aid measures in case of cuts, burns, bites and stings.

 Give differences between the following:
First degree burn and second degree burn.  

Give the first aid measures in case of second degree burns. 

Name two diseases caused by animal bites. 

Name a disease which causes opaque eye lens and hence blindness. 

What is rabies? 

Which one of the following is a false fruit ?

1. Tomato
2. Apple
3. Potato
4. Pea

What is a “false fruit”? Give one example.

How artificial pollination is useful to plant breeders ? Discuss briefly.

Multiple choice question. Tick (✓) the correct choice:

High-yielding seeds can be produced by

1. self-pollination
2. cross pollination
3. artificial pollination
4. all the above methods

 Put a tick mark (✓) against the correct alternative in the following statement: 

Which one of the following is not a psychotropic drug ?