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Question : Name the organism responsible for sleeping sicknessdisease.

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SOLUTION :SPECIES of TRYPANOSOMA.
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Question : Name the organism in which incipient nucleus is found.

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SOLUTION :BACTERIA
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Question : Name the organic acid which undergoes both dehydrogenation and decarboxylation during aerobic respiration.

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Solution :The organic ACID which undergoes both dehydrogenation and decarboxylation during Kreb.s cycle is `ALPHA` - ketoglutaric acid.
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Question : Name the organelles which act as the cell's circulatory system, protein factories, power houses, disposal units and control centre.

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Solution :ENDOPLASMIC reticulum, ribosomes, mitochondria, LYSOSOMES and NUCLEUS respectively.
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Question : Which of the following organelle is believed to be an endosymbiont ?

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SOLUTION :CHLOROPLAST and MITOCHONDRION.
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Question : Name the organelles meant for ciliary and amoeboidmovements.

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SOLUTION :CILIA, PSEUDOPODIA.
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Question : Name the organelle which is often called as the power house of the cell.

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SOLUTION :MITOCHONDRION
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Question : Name the organelles involved in photorespiration.

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SOLUTION :CHLOROPLASTS, PEROXISOMES and MITOCHONDRIA.
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Question : Name the organelle called the power house of a cell.

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SOLUTION :MITOCHONDRIA.
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Question : Name the organ that secretes: trypsin

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SOLUTION :PANCREAS
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Question : Name the organ that secretes chymotrypsin

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SOLUTION :INTESTINE
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Question : Name the orgamisms which have no process comparable to meioiss, gamete formation or true fertiliation.

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SOLUTION :PROKARYOTES.
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Question : Name the order of housefly. (A) Diptera (B) Poaceals (C) sepideales

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Diptera
Poaceals 
SEPIDEALES 

SOLUTION :PRIMATA
14.

Question : Name the only vertebrate which behaves as osmoconformers.

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SOLUTION :HAG FISH.
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Question : Name the only natural process by which oxygen is liberated for use of respiration.

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SOLUTION :By PHOTOLYSIS of WATER during PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
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Question : Name the only hormone secreted by pars intermedia of the pituitary gland.

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Solution :Pars intermedial of the PITUITARY gland secretes MELANOCYTE stimulating hormone (MSH). It.s functionis dispersal of MELANIN granules on SKIN.
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Question : Name the nucleic acid in nucleolar organizer which is involved in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA is

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m-DNA
s-DNA
n-DNA
r-DNA

Answer :C
18.

Question : Name the non-nervous special cells present in inter nervous space

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SOLUTION :NEUROGLIA CELLS
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Question : Name the nitrogen fixing bacterium of root nodule in aleguminous plant.

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SOLUTION :RHIZOBIUM SPP.
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Question : Name the network of capillaries present in the Bownmans capsule.

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SOLUTION :GLOMERULUS.
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Question : Name the narrow band of meristematic tissue presentbetween the xylem and phloem.

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SOLUTION : Intrafascicular CAMBIUM.
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Question : name themuscularand theglandularlayersof humanuterus . Whichoneof theselayersundergoescyclicchangesduringmenstrual cycle? Namethehormone essential for themaintenance of thislayer .

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Solution :(i)Muscular LAYEROF humanuterusis calledmyometrium andglandular layeriscalledendometrium .
(II) Endometrium undergoescyclic changesduringmenstrual cycle.
PROGESTERONE .
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Question : Name the muscles involuntary in action .

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SOLUTION :Unstriatedand CARDIAC MUSCLES.
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Question : Name the muscles in the ventricles that are the extensions of the ventricle walls.

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SOLUTION : PAPILLARY MUSCLES.
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Question : Name the mouth part of cockroach which is comparable to our tongue.

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SOLUTION :HYPOPHARYNX = LINGUA
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Question : Name the most crucial enzyme found in root nodules for N_2- fixation? Does it require a special pink coloured pigment for its functioning? Elaborate.

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Solution :Nitrogenase is the most required ENZYME in root nodules. It is necessary for `N_2` fixation. It is a protein possessing Mo-Fe, It converts atmospheric nitrogen into Ammonia. Pink pigment is LEGHAEMOGLOBIN. It creates anaerobic condition for FUNCTIONING of nitrogenase enzyme.
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Question : Name the most serious threat to wildlife.

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SOLUTION :DESTRUCTION of HABITATS.
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Question : Name the most abundant enzyme found in the world.

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SOLUTION :RUBISCO.
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Question : Name the most abundant element next to C, H and O in higher plants.

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SOLUTION :NITROGEN (N).
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Question : Name the modified part in pitcher plant and bladder wort.

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Solution :PITCHER plant has leaves modified as pitchers. Bladderwort has SEGMENTED leaves modified as TINY BLADDERS with a valve.
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Question : Name the mineral element which is involved in the opening and closing of stomata and whose deficiency leads to yellow edges of leaves and their death

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SOLUTION :POTASSIUM (K).
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Question : Name the modes of nutrition in fungi.

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SOLUTION :SAPROPHYTIC, PARASITIC and SYMBIOTIC.
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Question : Name the methods of asexual reproduction seen in algae.

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Solution :ZoosporesEg: ULOTHRIX.
APLANOSPORE EG: VAUCHERIA.
Autospore Eg: Chlorella.
Hypnospore Eg: Chlamydomonas nivalis.
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Question : Name the membranous covering protecting the sporangia in Dryopteris .

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ANSWER :STOMIUM
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Question : Name the meninges that cover the central nervous system.

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SOLUTION :Duramrater ARACHNOID and PIAMATER
36.

Question : Name the membranes that cover the lungs.

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SOLUTION :PLEURAL MEMBRANES.
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Question : Name the membranes through which the blood gets filtered at glomerulus.

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Solution :Endothelium of CAPILLARIES, BASEMENT MEMBRANE and EPITHELIAL lining of Bowman capsule.
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Question : Name the membrane that covers muscle fibre.

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SOLUTION :SARCOLEMMA.
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Question :Name the membrane that encloses the heart.

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SOLUTION :PERICARDIUM
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Question : Name the measurement unit of water potential.

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SOLUTION :Pascals (Pa), 1 Mega pascal (MPA) = 10 bars,
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Question : Name the materials phagocytosed by the WBCs and macrophages.

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Solution :WBCs and macrophages TAKE BACTERIA, dead CELLS, fibres, DUST particles, etc.
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Question : Name the male and female sex organs in Funaria. Also write the type of sexual reproduction present in Bryohytes.

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Solution :Male sex ORGAN - Antheridium
Female sex organ - Archegonium
TYPE of SEXUAL REPRODUCTION - Oogamous
43.

Question : Name the male and female organs in a fern.

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SOLUTION :ANTHERIDIA - MALE ORGAN, Archegonia-female organ.
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Question : Name the sex organs seen in Rhodophyceae.

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SOLUTION :MALE SEX ORGAN is called SPERMATANGIUM. Female sex organ is called carpgonium.
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Question : Name the major sets of internal factors which determine the value of water potential.

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SOLUTION :MATRIC POTENTIAL `(Psi_m)`, SOLUTE potential `(Psi_n)` and PRESSURE potential `(Psi_p)`.
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Question : Name the major component of the plant cell wall.

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SOLUTION :CELLULOSE.
47.

Question :Name the major classes of Bentham & Hooker Classification.

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SOLUTION :CLASS 1. DICOTYLEDONAE, Class 2-Gymnospermae, Class 3-Monocotyledonae
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Question : Name the main nineral corticoid in our body. What is its function?

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Solution :ALDOSTERONE. Regulation of salt. It ALSO affects the HEART and BLOOD vessls and maintain water in the body.
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Question : Name the main diseases of dairy cattle.

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SOLUTION :Rinderpest, FOOT and MOUTH disease, COW pox, HEMORRHAGIC fever, anthrax.
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Question : Name the macronutrient which is a component of all organic compounds but is not obtained from soil.

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Solution :CARBON is very useful MINERAL element. That is obtained by plants in the FORM of `CO_2` from the ATMOSPHERE. Its proportion is 0.03% in atmosphere. Plants use it for PHOTOSYNTHESIS and forms glucose.