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Q1. An anaerobic species of the bacterium Clostridium causes a very serious disease in human populations. Which one of the following?
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Q2. Reserpine is a medicine to
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Q3. Population means ...
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Q4. An ecosystem consists of
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Q5. A prairie is
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Q6. Nitrification refers to
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Q7. One way of checking the expansion of the Thar desert would be
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Q8. The ozone layer of the earth is useful for living beings because
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Q9. A hydrophyte is
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Q10. The functional unit in ecology community is
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Q11. The best example of an ecological community is
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Q12. Aquaculture is the
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Q13. The earliest human who practised crude surgery, kept records, created some art, and conducted formal burial rites were
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Q14. It is said that the spiders of the Himalayas are native to the highest territory-higher than any animal of earth. Spiders are carnivorous. Therefore they must thrive by
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Q15. Taiga represents
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Q16. In a very hot climate, one is likely to find
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Q17. The two most prevalent ions in the marine habitat are
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Q18. Snakes and vultures are eating rats in a field. If wild dogs are let into the field the immediate result will be a
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Q19. Which of the following cells/structures are excretory in function? 1. Malpighian tubules, 2. Flame cells, 3. Amoeboid coelomocytes, 4. Chlorogogen cells
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Q20. Radiocarbon dating is used to find the age of
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Q21. The mutation theory of evolution was proposed by
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Q22. Palaeontology is the study of
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Q23. The Lamarckian theory of organic evolution is usually known as the theory of
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Q24. Which of the following is a famous agricultural scientist who has been awarded a Nobel peace prize
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Q25. In which part of India does saffron grow
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Q26. An antibiotic is
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Q27. Seeds can best be preserved in
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Q28. Sharbati sonora refers to
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Q29. Which of the following states is the largest producer of coffee in India?
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Q30. Tea plants thrive best in
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Q31. The maximum height that a tea plant can attain in nature is
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Q32. The most important stimulant in tea leaves is
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Q33. International Rice Research Institute is based
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Q34. Turpentine is obtained from
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Q35. Some plants feed upon insects for their nitrogen requirements. They are called insectivorous plants. Which of the following is such a plant?
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Q36. The Red Sea derives its name from the
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Q37. Which country is called the sugar bowl of the world?
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Q38. Cotton fibre is obtained from the
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Q39. The smallest living cell is that of a
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Q40. Nostoc, the blue-green alga, is included under the kindom/division
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Q41. A prokaryote is
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Q42. Bacteria are among the smallest living organisms in the world. However, they multiply very rapidly. Under optimal conditions a bacterial cell usually divides every 20 minutes. If this rate of multiplication continues uninhibited for 24 hours, a single bacterium will produce a bacterial mass up to
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Q43. The tissue that plays a leading role in the elongation of many bones is
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Q44. Normal bone growth is largely influenced by
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Q45. The average ratio of white blood corpuscles to red blood corpuscles in the adult humans is
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Q46. Labourers who do hard manual work deve op thick skin on their palms and soles which is due to
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Q47. Leather is a derivative of
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Q48. Enamel covers the
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Q49. The digestive products of herbage consisting of cellulose in sheep are
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Q50. Half-cooked potatoes, if eaten with .food, are not digested. This is because