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Q1. Cell sap is
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Q2. The edible part is a fruit in which one of the following crops?
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Q3. The Virus that infects a bacterium is
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Q4. Binomial nomenclature refers to
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Q5. To which group of plants does the banyan tree belong?
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Q6. A liverwort is
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Q7. "Flame of the forest" refers to
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Q8. A herbarium is
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Q9. Taxonomy is a science dealing with the
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Q10. The widely used antibiotic, penicillin, is produced by
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Q11. Lichen is considered to be a symbiotic association of two living organisms. Which organisms are involved in it?
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Q12. Agar, commonly used as a synthetic growth medium and in bakery, is obtained from
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Q13. Which of the following human disease/s is/are caused by a mutant gene?
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Q14. Which of the following shows a taxonomically closely-related group?
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Q15. Which scientist was responsible for binomial nomenclature?
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Q16. Which of the following is not a parasite?
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Q17. Which of the following moves the fastest?
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Q18. The bird without cloaca is the
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Q19. Yellow proteins are
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Q20. Which of the following substances is not a protein?
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Q21. Which one of the following plant organs is an organ of respiration?
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Q22. Lucerne is a
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Q23. The numerous minute pores in the epidermis of a leaf are called
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Q24. In some plants, water oozes through certain pores that remain permanently open. This phenomenon is called
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Q25. Which one of the following is not a stem modification?
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Q26. From which part of the plant is turmeric, a commonly-used colourant and antiseptic, obtained?
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Q27. Clove, the commonly used spice, is obtained from the
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Q28. Hashish is obtained from a plant From which part of the plant is it obtained?
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Q29. The living and growing part of human hair is
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Q30. Grey matter consists of
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Q31. Blood is formed in the human adult by the
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Q32. Haploid chromosome number is not seen in
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Q33. One of the organs that excretes water, fat and various catabolic wastes is the
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Q34. The body is protected against drying, absorbing and bacterial invasion by the
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Q35. During elections, a permanent chemical mark is put at the base of the nail of index finger while exercising your franchise. This mark is not seen after two months or so because
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Q36. Which of the following sugars are components of cane sugar?
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Q37. During the course of prolonged starvation and fasting, glucose, or glycogen is synthesized from non-carbohydrate precursors by the process of
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Q38. Which of the following compounds found in all living organisms are rich in phosphorus?
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Q39. The country that leads in life expectancy for both males and females is
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Q40. The total fertility rate refers to
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Q41. The large part of most diet is made up of
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Q42. The phosphagen that provides an immediate source of energy for vertebrate muscular contraction is
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Q43. Enzymes involved in chemical reactions
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Q44. In milk, fat content is reduced during
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Q45. The colour of cow's milk is slightly yellowish due to the presence of
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Q46. In calves that consume large quantities of milk, the curdling of milk takes place due to
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Q47. Which of the following is most important for the growth of children up to the age of l4?
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Q48. Roughage, a necessary constituent of diet, consists largely of indigestible
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Q49. As sugar is constantly being removed from the blood by body cells to replace what is used up in respiration, more sugar is supplied by the
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Q50. In termites, the cellulose of wood is digested by