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Biology l Trombay is odd one among Tarapur, Trombay,
Kalpakkam and Narora
l Drug which helps to reduce anxiety and brings
about calmness is tranquiliser Success Tip
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A tranquilizer is a drug that induces tranq-uillity in clear power plant
a person and other animals l Leander Pees has the unique distinction of win-
l A keel is absent in Duck ning 50 Doubles Titles in ATP tour history
l Broad spectrum antibiotics are produced by Pen-
cillium
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Some members of the genus produce penic-illin, a (North Zone: Evening Shift-1)
molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills
or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria in- Medieval History
side the body l Firuz Tughlaq paid considerable attention to
l The pigment that protect plants from harmful irrigation and public works
effect of ultraviolet rays is Phycocyanin
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Phycocyanin is a pigment-protein complex from the Tughlaq instituted economic policies to increase the
light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family, along with material welfare of his people. Many rest houses (sa-
allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. It is an acces- rai), gardens and tombs were built. A number
sory pigment to chlorophyll of madrasas were opened to encourage literacy. He
l Glycogen, starch and cellulose are polymers of set up hospitals for the free treatment of the poor
Glucose and encouraged physicians in the development
l Plague is called as black death of Unani medicine
l Parthenium and Elephant grass has been found l Chachnama was written originally in Arabic
useful to check water pollution caused by in-
dustrial affluent Success Tip
l Certain desert lizards excrete their wastes in dry It contains an introductory chapter about the his-
form. This serves as a means of adaptation of tory of Sindh just before its conquest by the Arabs
the organism to the environment l Gita Goviada was written by Jayadeva
l Kidney can be taken from a dying person who
has the cessation of neurological function only Success Tip
Miscellaneous The Gita Govinda is a work composed by the 12th-
century Indian poet, Jayadeva. It describes the rela-
l In Mesh topology there are bidirectional links
between each possible node tionship between Krishna and the gopis of Vrinda-
vana, and in particular one gopi named Radha
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A mesh network is a network topology in which each Modern History
node relays data for the network. All mesh nodes
l The Ilbert Bill was introduced during the time
cooperate in the distribution of data in the
network. Mesh networks can relay messages using of Ripon
either a flooding technique or a routing technique Success Tip
l LAN stands for Local Area Network The bill was introduced in 1883 by Viceroy Ripon,
l Losoong is a festival celebrated in Sikkim who actually desired to abolish the racial prejudice
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Losoong also called Namsoong by the Lepchas is l The Muslim League was founded in 1906 at Dha-
the Sikkimese New Year. It is usually the time when ka
the farmers rejoice and celebrate their harvest
l Marie Curie win her two different Nobel Prizes
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in Physics and Chemistry Muslim League was founded in 1906 as the All-
l Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in swimming India Muslim League by Aga Khan III. Its original
events in the Beijing Olympics purpose was to safeguard the political rights
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As of August 13, 2016, American swimmer Michael Physical Geography
Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 28
medals (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). He is also the l Magnetic Equator is closely associated with Sat-
most decorated Olympian in individual events, with ellite launching
16 medals (13 gold,2 silver, 1 bronze)
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