NTSE Stage 2 SAT 2016

Suppose a mutant of a photosynthetic alga has dysfunctional mitochondria. It would affect its ability to perform

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Cow has a special stomach as compared to that of a lion in order to:

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When touched, the leaflets of Touch-me-not plant are closed. Closing of leaflets starts from the point of contact to the leaflets away. The leaflets are closed due to:

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Pancreas is composed of:

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The human embryo gets nutrition from the mother blood with the help of a special organ called :

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Hormones produced in one part of the organism reach the distantly located target via:

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Which of the following are characteristic feature of cells of meristematic tissue?

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Which one of the following animals is different from other in not having the paired gill pouches?

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In the symbiotic relationship between a bacterium and a root of legame the:

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Which of the following is an result of biological magnification?

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Which one of the following signifies ex situ conservation ?

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What is the main reason for increase in temperature in a glass house?

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Match the items in column-I with those in column-II, and select the correct choice

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In the experiment conducted by Mendel, RRyy (round green) and rrYY (wrinkled, yellow) seeds of pea plant were used. In the F, generation 240 progency were produced, out of which 15 progeny had specific characteristics. What were the characteristics?

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Total number of neutrons in five moles of water molecules is :

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The metal used to recover copper from an aqueous solution of copper sulphate is:

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Four substance were thoroughly mixed with water separately to obtain mixtures A, B, C and D. Some of their properties give below: I. Path of a beam of light passing throught it was visible in A, B and D but invisible in C. II. On leaving undisturbed, the particles of the substance settle down in A but not in B, C and D. III. The solute particles are visible to naked eye in A but invisible in B,C and D. Which of the following is correct about A,B,C and D?

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Assertion (A): Aluminium foil cannot be used in a-particle scattering experiment. Reason (R): Aluminium is highly malleable metal.

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Magnesium ribbon is rubbed with sand paper before making it to burn. The reason of rubbing the ribbon is to:

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The reaction that differs from the rest of the reactions given is:

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An element X reacts with dilute H₂SO₄ as well as with NaOH to produce salt and H₂(g). Hence, it may be concluded that: I. X is an electropositive element. II. oxide of X is basic in nature. III.oxide of X is acidic in nature. IV. X is an electronegative element.

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An element X has electronic configuration 2, 8, 1 and another element Y has electronic configuration 2, 8, 7. They form a compound Z. The property that is not exhibited by Z is

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The compound containing both ionic and covalent bond is

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The element that cannot be used as a reducing agent is

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Somebody wanted to calculate the number of moles of oxygen atoms comprising of 9.033 x 10²³ number of its atoms. The person further thought to calculate its mass and to find the number of moles of hydrogen atoms required to combine completely with this amount of oxygen to form water. The number of moles of oxygen atoms, their mass (in grams) and the number of moles of hydrogen atoms are

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The molecular formula of carboxylic acid that differs from the rest is

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Foam of soap always appears white as

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In a neon gas discharge tube, every second 4.8 x 10¹⁸ Ne⁺ ions move towards the right through a croos-section of the tube, while 'n' electrons move to the left in the same time. If the current in the tube is 1.12 amperes towards the right, n is equal to (given e = 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁹coulomb)

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Four situations are given below- I. An infinitely long wire carrying current II. A rectangular loop carrying current III.A solenoid of finite length carrying current IV. A circular loop carrying current. In which of the above cases will the magnetic field produced be like that of a bar magnet?

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Assertion (A): Motion of a charged particle under the action of a magnetic field alone is always with constant speed. Reason (R): The magnetic force does not have any component either along or opposite to the direction of motion of the charged particle.

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When a charged particle passes through an electric field, which among the I. mass II. charge III. velocity IV. momentum

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A ray of light in air is incident on an equilateral glass prism at an angle θi to the normal. After refraction, the light travelled parallel to the base of prism and emerged in air at an angle θe to the normal. If the angle between the incident and the emergent rays is 60°, then the refractive index of glass with respect to air is

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You are standing on the shore of a lake. You spot a fish swimming below the lake surface. You want to kill the fish first by throwing a spear and next, by pointing a high-power laser torch. How should you aim the spear and torch, respectively, from the options given below?

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A beam of light coming from a rarer medium is partially reflected from the surface of a denser medium and partially refracted into the denser medium. If the reflected and the refracted rays are perpendicular to each other and the ratio of the refractive indices of denser and rarer medium is 3, the angle of refraction will be

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A person can see clearly only the objects situated in the range 50 cm to 300 cm. He went to an Optometist who prescribed him a lens of certain power to increase the maximum distance of his vision to infinity, i.e., it corrected the near-sightedness. However, upon using the prescribed lens. the person discovered that the near point of his vision has shifted from 50 cm to a distance "d" What is the value of d?

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A ball of mass m is thrown from a height h with a speed v. For what initial direction. of the ball will its speed on hitting the ground be maximum?

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A beaker is filled with two non-mixing liquids. The lower liquid has density twice that of the upper one. A cylinder of height h floats with one-fourth of its height submerged in the lower liquid and half of its height submerged in the upper liquid. Another beaker is filled with the denser of the two liquids alone. If the same cylinder is kept in the second beaker, the height of the submerged position would be.

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A spring -loaded toy sits at rest on horizontal frictionless surface. When the spring releases, the toy breaks into three equal-mass pieces A, B and C, which slide along the surface. Piece A moves off in the negative x-direction, while piece B moves. off in the negative y-direction. Which of the three pieces is moving the fastest?

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A truck and a car of masses m₁ and m₂ respectively are moving with equal kinetic energies. Equal stopping forces are applied and they come to a halt after travelling further distances x₁ and x₂ respectively.

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On dividing a natural number by 13, the remainder is 3 and on dividing the same number by 21, the remainder is 11. If the number lies between 500 and 600, then the remainder on dividing the number by 19 is:

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Expressing 0.34+0.34 as a single decimal, we get

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If the value of a quadratic polynomial p(x) is 0 only at x= -1 and p (-2) = 2, then the value of p(2) is

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The graphs of the equations x - y = 2 and kx + y =3, where k is is a constant, intersect at the point (x, y) in the first quadrant, if and only if k is

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A person walks towards a tower. Initially when he starts, angle of elevation of the top of tower is 30°. On travelling 20 metres towards the tower, the angle changes to 60°. How much more has he to travel to reach the tower?

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If cosec x - sin x = a and sec x - cos x = b, then:

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A calf is tied a rope of length 12m at a corner of a rectangular field of the dimensions 35m x 25m. If the length of the rope is increased to 23 m, then the additional grassy area in which the calf can graze is: (Take π = 22/7)

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If Anish is moving along the boundary of a triangular field of sides 35 m, 53m and 66m and you are moving along the boundary of a circular field whose area is double the area of the triangular field, then the radius of the circular field is (Take π = 22/7)

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A circular metallic sheet is divided into two parts in such a way that each part can be folded into a cone. If the ratio of their curved surface areas is 1:2, the the ratio of their volumes is :

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A solid metallic block of volume one cubic metre is melted and recast into the form of a rectangular bar of length 9 metres having a square base. If the weight of the block is 90 kg and biggest cube is cut off from the bar, then the weight of the cube is:

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Two circles with centres P and R touch each other externally at O. A line passing through O cuts the circles at T and S respectively. Then,

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If in a triangle ABC, D is the mid-point of side BC, ∠ADB = 45° and ∠ACD = 30° then ∠BAD and ∠ABC are respectively equal to:

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Three circles with radii R₁, R₂ and r touch each other externally as shown in the adjoining figure. If PQ is their common tangent and R₁ > R₂, then which of the following relations is correct?

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ABC is a triangle in which AB = 4 cm, BC-5 cm and AC= 6 cm. A circle is drawn to touch side BC at P, side AB extended at Q and side AC extended at R. Then, AQ equals:

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The centre of the circle passing through the points (6, -6), (3,-7) and (3, 3) is

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If the line segment joining (2, 3) and (-1, 2) is divided internally in the ratio 3 : 4 by the graph of the equation x + 2y = k, the value of k is

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The mean of three positive numbers is 10 more than the smallest of the numbers and 15 less than the largest of the three. If the median of the three numbers is 5, then the mean of squares of the numbers is

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The mean of three positive numbers is 10 more than the smallest of the numbers and 15 less than the largest of the three. If the median of the three numbers is 5, then the mean of squares of the numbers is

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Three dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability of getting a total of at least 5 of the numbers appearing on their tops is:

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Match the following

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Assertion (A): After the 1905 revolution in Russia, Duma or the first elected consultative parliament came into existance. Reason (R): The power of Tsar was curbed by it

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Arrange in correct chronological order I. Dawes Plan II. Crashing of the Wall Street Exchange III. Birth of Weimar Republic IV. Creation of Gestapo (Secret State Police)

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Assertion (A): Cricket as a game has, a long and strong rural connection. Reason (R): The time limit of a match and vagueness about the size of Cricket ground is a result of the rhythms of village life.

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Assertion (A): In the 17th and 18th Century merchants from the towns in Europe started financing peasants and artisans in the country side for productton for them. Reason (R): In the urban centres powerful crafts and trade guilds with monopoly rights restricted the entry of new people into the trade.

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Assertion (A): Colonial Forest Act changed the lives of villagers across the country Reason (R): Now the villagers could comfortably make use of the forest resources for everyday needs

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Arrange the following events of nineteenth century Europe in ascending order. I. Unification of Germany II. Beginning of Greek struggle for independence III.Unification of Italy IV. Vienna Peace Settlements

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Arrange the following events in to descending order with regard Nationalist Movement in Indo-China. I. Creation of Indo-China union, II. Formation of Communist Party in Vietnam III.Paris Peace Treaty IV. Declaration of independence by Ho Chi Minh

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Find out the correct statements with regard to Rowlatt Act. I. The Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919 II. The Act was passed by Imperial Legislative Council III.The Act allowed detention of Political prisoners without trial for three years IV. Protests against the Act led to Jallianwalla Bagh massacre in April 1920.

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Assertion (A): Population growth from the late eighteenth century, increased the demand for food grains in Britain Reason (R): 'Corn Laws' introduced by the government helped in reducing the food prices.

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Match the following

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Given below are statements regarding the course of development of Socialism in Europe. Arrange them in chronological sequence. I. Socialists took over the government in Russia through the October Revolution. II. Socialists and trade unionists formed a labour party in Britain and Socialist party in France. III.The Russian Social Democratic Worker's Party was founded by Socialists who respected Marx's ideas. IV. Socialists could not succeed in forming a government in Europe and governments continued to be run by conservatives, liberals and radicals. V. Second International was formed to coordinate the efforts of socialists throughout Europe.

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Hitler's ideology related to the geopolitical concept of Lebensraum, or living space implied:

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During the mid-eighteenth century Assertion (A): Indian spinners and weavers were left without work and important centers of textile declined Reason (R) Large number of people. began boycotting British cloth and started. adopting khadi.

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Assertion (A): Mahatma Gandhi called off the Civil Disobedience Movement and entered into a Pact with Irwin in 1931. Reason (R): Industrial workers in Sholapur attacked structures that symbolized British rule.

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Assertion (A): The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night, as one moves from south to north of India. Reason (R): From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a time lag of two hours.

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Assertion (A): Kharif crops are grown, with the onset of monsoon in different parts of India and harvested September- October. Reason (R): Availability of precipitation due to the western temperate cyclones helps in growing of these crops.

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Arrange the shaded states shown on the map of India in descending order of population density and select the right code.

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Which one of the following figure is showing the correct direction of movement of the South America plate?

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Based on the data (elevation and latitude) provided below which of the following tourist center is most probably indicated? Elevation: 3500 meters - Latitude: 34°N

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Keeping in mind the location of the following sanctuaries/national parks of India, arrange them from south to north:

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Match list I (Revolution) with list II (Area) and select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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Assertion (A): The availability of water resources varies over space and time in india Reason (R): Water availability is governed by variations in seasonal annual precipitation although water scarcity is aggravated by over-exploitation and unequal access to water among different social groups.

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Match list I (Type of Resources) with list II (Basis of Classification) and select the codes given below: List I (Type of Resources) A. Biotic and abiotic B. Renewable and non-renewable C. Individual, community, national and international D. Potential, developed, stock and reserves. List II (Basis of Classification) I. Status of development II. Origin III. Ownership IV. Exhaustibility

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Which one of the following is the correct order of rivers from north to south?

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Match list I (national Highways of India) with list II (Description) and select the codes given below: List I (National Highways of India) A. National Highway Number 1 B. National Highway Number 15 C. National Highway Number 7 D. National Highway Number 8 List II (Description) I. Covers most of Rajasthan II. Known as Sher Shah Suri Marg III. Connects Delhi and Mumbai IV. Is the longest National Highway

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Which of the following statement is not true to the context of Mawsynram?

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Which one of the following facts about the shaded state shown below is incorrect?

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The Tropic of Cancer passes through. which of the following plateau ?

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Assertion (A): The Coriolis force is responsible for deflecting winds towards the right in the northern hemisphere and towards the left in the southern hemisphere. Reason (R): The pressure and wind system of any area depend on the latitude and altitude of the place.

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Which of the following arguments against prescribing educational qualification for elected representatives are true? I. Educational qualification will deprive illiterate citizens of the right to contest elections. II. Relevant qualification for being elected representatives is not education but ability to address people's problems. III. Educated elected representatives keep distance from the common people. IV. It is easier for the educated elected representatives to use power for personal gains. V. It should be left to the voters to decide how much importance is to be given to educational qualification of a candidate.

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Which of the following terms were inserted in the Preamble to the Indian Constitution by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976? I. Integrity II. Secular III.Socialist IV. Unity

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Which of the following international institutions has a more democratic way of decision-making on matters of global importance?

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Which of the following factors have contributed to changes in the caste system? I. Economic development II. Language III.Education IV. Elections V. Region

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Match List I with List II and select the answer using the codes given below. List I A. Supervises the overall functioning of all the political institutions in the country B. Distributes and redistributes work to the ministers C. Ministers may have different views but have to own up every decision D. Determines the constitutionality fo any contentious action List II I. The Supreme Court II. The President III. The Prime Minister IV. The Cabinet

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Calculate the female literacy rate from the given data.

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Which of these activities contributes to India's national income? I. Cooking at home II. A teacher teaching his children at home III.A doctor prescribing medicines in a clinic IV. Cooking in a restaurant

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In an imaginary economy the monetary value of contributions of primary sector, public sector, secondary sector and service sector are Rs.100, Rs.25, Rs. 28 and Rs. 77 respectively. The gross domestic product of the cconomy is

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Four families in a village, which has only a ration shop, have access to foodgrains as shown in the table. Identify the families that lack food security.

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Robinson Crusoe goes to sea with a net for fishing. Classify the factors of production and choose the appropriate option given below.

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Suppose a mutant of a photosynthetic alga has dysfunctional mitochondria. It would affect its ability to perform

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Cow has a special stomach as compared to that of a lion in order to:

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When touched, the leaflets of Touch-me-not plant are closed. Closing of leaflets starts from the point of contact to the leaflets away. The leaflets are closed due to:

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Pancreas is composed of:

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The human embryo gets nutrition from the mother blood with the help of a special organ called :

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Hormones produced in one part of the organism reach the distantly located target via:

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Which of the following are characteristic feature of cells of meristematic tissue?

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Which one of the following animals is different from other in not having the paired gill pouches?

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In the symbiotic relationship between a bacterium and a root of legame the:

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Which of the following is an result of biological magnification?

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Which one of the following signifies ex situ conservation ?

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What is the main reason for increase in temperature in a glass house?

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Match the items in column-I with those in column-II, and select the correct choice

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In the experiment conducted by Mendel, RRyy (round green) and rrYY (wrinkled, yellow) seeds of pea plant were used. In the F, generation 240 progency were produced, out of which 15 progeny had specific characteristics. What were the characteristics?

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Total number of neutrons in five moles of water molecules is :

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The metal used to recover copper from an aqueous solution of copper sulphate is:

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Assertion (A): Aluminium foil cannot be used in a-particle scattering experiment. Reason (R): Aluminium is highly malleable metal.

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Magnesium ribbon is rubbed with sand paper before making it to burn. The reason of rubbing the ribbon is to:

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The reaction that differs from the rest of the reactions given is:

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An element X reacts with dilute H₂SO₄ as well as with NaOH to produce salt and H₂(g). Hence, it may be concluded that: I. X is an electropositive element. II. oxide of X is basic in nature. III.oxide of X is acidic in nature. IV. X is an electronegative element.

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An element X has electronic configuration 2, 8, 1 and another element Y has electronic configuration 2, 8, 7. They form a compound Z. The property that is not exhibited by Z is

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The compound containing both ionic and covalent bond is

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The element that cannot be used as a reducing agent is

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The molecular formula of carboxylic acid that differs from the rest is

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Foam of soap always appears white as

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In a neon gas discharge tube, every second 4.8 x 10¹⁸ Ne⁺ ions move towards the right through a croos-section of the tube, while 'n' electrons move to the left in the same time. If the current in the tube is 1.12 amperes towards the right, n is equal to (given e = 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁹coulomb)

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Four situations are given below- I. An infinitely long wire carrying current II. A rectangular loop carrying current III.A solenoid of finite length carrying current IV. A circular loop carrying current. In which of the above cases will the magnetic field produced be like that of a bar magnet?

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Assertion (A): Motion of a charged particle under the action of a magnetic field alone is always with constant speed. Reason (R): The magnetic force does not have any component either along or opposite to the direction of motion of the charged particle.

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When a charged particle passes through an electric field, which among the I. mass II. charge III. velocity IV. momentum

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You are standing on the shore of a lake. You spot a fish swimming below the lake surface. You want to kill the fish first by throwing a spear and next, by pointing a high-power laser torch. How should you aim the spear and torch, respectively, from the options given below?

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A ball of mass m is thrown from a height h with a speed v. For what initial direction. of the ball will its speed on hitting the ground be maximum?

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A truck and a car of masses m₁ and m₂ respectively are moving with equal kinetic energies. Equal stopping forces are applied and they come to a halt after travelling further distances x₁ and x₂ respectively.

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On dividing a natural number by 13, the remainder is 3 and on dividing the same number by 21, the remainder is 11. If the number lies between 500 and 600, then the remainder on dividing the number by 19 is:

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Expressing 0.34+0.34 as a single decimal, we get

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If the value of a quadratic polynomial p(x) is 0 only at x= -1 and p (-2) = 2, then the value of p(2) is

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The graphs of the equations x - y = 2 and kx + y =3, where k is is a constant, intersect at the point (x, y) in the first quadrant, if and only if k is

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A person walks towards a tower. Initially when he starts, angle of elevation of the top of tower is 30°. On travelling 20 metres towards the tower, the angle changes to 60°. How much more has he to travel to reach the tower?